The Alpha's Prickly Porcupine
The sheer volume of rubble is staggering; massive granite boulders, jagged sheets of permafrost, and shattered stalactites now form an impenetrable wall where the main exit used to be, cutting off our path back to the mountain trail and stranding us deep in the heart of the Frostpeak Highlands.
The white winter wolves pace frantically near the blockage, letting out low, distressed whines as they claw uselessly at the tightly packed stone barrier, sensing the claustrophobic trap that has just sprung shut around us. Daryl stands up, his restored alpha strength radiating from his body as he wraps his arms around me to warm my freezing, wet skin.